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Table of contents
FOREWORD ______________________________________________________________________________ 4
1 ISAN OVERVIEW _______________________________________________________________________ 6
2 THE ISAN STRUCTURE __________________________________________________________________ 8
2.1 General Structure of the ISAN Identifier
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2.2 Printed Form
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2.3 Binary Form
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2.4 XML Form
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2.5 URN Form
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3 APPLYING ISAN TO AUDIOVISUAL WORKS AND VERSIONS ___________________________________11
3.1 Audiovisual Works and Versions
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3.2 Serial or Episodic AV/Work
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3.3 Registering individual episodes of a serial AV/Work
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3.4 Composite works and their component parts
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3.5 Registering Versions of AV works
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4 REGISTRATION FOR AN ISAN ____________________________________________________________17
4.1 How to apply to become an ISAN Registrant
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4.2 How and when to apply for an ISAN
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4.3 Applying ISAN to Versions of AV Works
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4.4 Application for an “in-development ISAN”
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5 QUERYING AUDIOVISUAL WORKS AND/OR ISAN LOOKUPS ___________________________________21
5.1 Public Reader
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5.2 Registered Reader
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5.3 Supporter Reader
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5.4 Registrant
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6 AFFIXING THE ISAN TO AN AV/WORK _____________________________________________________23
7 ACCESS TO THE ISAN SYSTEM __________________________________________________________25
ISAN User Guide
This guide is currently being revised; please contact ISAN-IA ([email protected]) or your ISAN Registration Agency for more information
Version : 2.2.2 | February 2012